Presidential Determination on the Lao People's Democratic Republic Under Section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended

Presidential Determination No. 2009-21

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination for The Lao People's Democratic Republic Under Section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 2(b)(C) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(2)(C)), I hereby determine that The Lao People's Democratic Republic has ceased to be a Marxist-Leninist country within the definition of such term in section 2(b)(2)(B)(i) of that Act.

You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA